Julien Vervaecke
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| Full name | Julien Vervaecke |
| Born | 3 November 1899 Dadizele, Belgium |
| Died | May 1940 (aged 40) Roncq, France |
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| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Major wins | |
| Paris–Roubaix Paris–Brussels |
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| Infobox last updated on 11 June 2008 |
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Julien Vervaecke (3 November 1899 — May 1940) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He won Paris–Roubaix, Paris–Brussels, 2 stages in the Tour de France and finished 3rd in the 1927 Tour de France. At the start of the Second World War, when an English army detachment wanted to take his house, he refused, and was shot. His body was found weeks later, so the exact date of his death is not known.
Vervaecke was born in nl, Belgium, and died in Roncq, France.
Julien's younger brother, Félicien Vervaecke, was also a successful cyclist.
Palmarès
Julien Vervaecke and Maurice Geldhof smoking a cigarette at the 1927 Tour de France.
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- 1927
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 16
- 3rd place overall classification
- 1928
- GP Wolber
- Omloop van België
- Tour de France:
- 5th place overall classification
- 1929
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 15
- 8th place overall classification
- 1930
- Paris–Roubaix
- Tour de France:
- 6th place overall classification
- 1932
- Paris–Brussels
- 1933
- Berchem
- Paris–Roubaix
- 2nd place overall
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- Official Tour de France results for Julien Vervaecke
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